Faculty Mentor Resources

Mentors make a difference! The Office of Undergraduate Research officially launched the  Research Faculty Mentor of the Week recognition program in August 2017 and have since recognized 62 faculty mentors. Each week our office will highlight one of our outstanding and very much appreciated research faculty mentors who offer leadership and support of UK's undergraduate student researchers.

View Faculty Mentor of the Week Spotlights

The Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award recognizes UK faculty members who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to mentoring undergraduate researchers, provided exceptional undergraduate research experiences, as well as supporting and promoting the undergraduate research initiatives on campus.  

Each year, outstanding faculty mentors are recognized at the Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars for their outstanding leadership and support of students.

View Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Winners

We are excited to showcase the great things our undergraduate student researchers and their mentors are doing at the University of Kentucky and also help inspire other undergraduate students to pursue research experiences. Take a moment to tell us about your research.

Share Your Research Presentations

We are excited to showcase the great things our undergraduate student researchers and their mentors are doing at the University of Kentucky and also help inspire other undergraduate students to pursue research experiences. Take a moment to tell us about your research.

Share Your Research Publications

To celebrate the achievements of UK’s undergraduate researchers, the Office of Undergraduate Research collaborates with the University of Kentucky Libraries to archive and enable online access to students’ research reports and posters via UK’s institutional repository UKnowledge.The reports and posters illustrate the student researchers’ competencies and intellectual aspirations, and highlight the benefits and significance of faculty mentoring.  When the students apply to graduate schools and/or professional programs, they will able to provide concrete evidence of their academic success with the URLs of their reports and posters.  As the UKnowledge system tracks download rates, the students will also be able to demonstrate the interest in their research by noting the download counts of their submissions to UKnowledge.  Meanwhile, by offering online access to archived reports and posters, UK shares valuable knowledge with the people in the Commonwealth and beyond.  

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